Sprint Unveils First 4G Mobile Network in the Big Apple

Sprint Expands the Power and Immediacy of 4G to 61 Markets, Now
Available in New York City, Hartford, New Haven, New Brunswick, Trenton
and Tampa

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), November 01, 2010 -
The wait is over, starting today, Sprint
(NYSE:S) 4G – the next generation in wireless service – is available to
customers in New York City, Hartford, New Haven, New Brunswick, Trenton
and Tampa. With Sprint 4G, wireless customers can experience mobile
downloads, video chat capabilities and turbo-charged Web browsing up to
10 times faster than 3G service1 – all on the first wireless
4G network from a national carrier.

Sprint Multimedia Gallery

Video Series

For a behind-the-scene look into how Sprint got all five boroughs of New
York City and parts of New Jersey and Long Island ready for its 4G
network, please visit their three-part video series, “Wiring up 4G in
NYC”:

Customers around the country can take advantage of the Sprint 4G Network
with a range of 4G-capable devices already available from Sprint. New
Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple can quickly access
information about the latest Broadway shows and find the latest,
greatest places to eat with their Samsung
Epic™ 4Gand use Google Goggles to pull up facts about each
using visual search technology powered by Sprint 4G. They can use video
chat on their HTC
EVO™ 4G to show friends a live view of Yankee Stadium, and
coffee-house dwellers can power up the Overdrive™
3G/4G Mobile Hotspot to share 4G speeds with up to five WiFi-enabled
devices – such as an iPad™, laptop, camera or game console – making
downloads, streaming video and Web browsing fast.

“Sprint has provided customers with 4G service since 2008 and we’re
proud to extend our leadership to six more cities today, including New
York City,” said Matt Carter, president of Sprint 4G. “Sprint is the
first national wireless carrier to make 4G a reality for our customers
and with the addition of these six new markets we are now in 61 cities,
including Chicago, Baltimore and Houston, and are growing. By the end of
the year Sprint 4G plans to light up several major new markets including
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Denver and Washington DC to name a
few.”

Sprint is delivering the power of 4G as the majority shareholder of
Clearwire, the independent company that is building the WiMAX network.
For more information, visit www.sprint.com/4G.

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 48.8
million customers at the end of the third quarter of 2010 and is widely
recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative
technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national
carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data
services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost
Mobile, Common Cents Mobile and Assurance Wireless; instant national and
international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet
backbone. With its customer-focused strategy, you can learn more and
visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint

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